Corporate & Business Law

Intellectual Property Rights

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Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge

This topic deals with the legal protection of three things: biological diversity (the forest), plant varieties and farmers' rights (the field) and traditional knowledge (the village). Each has its own international framework and its own Indian law. The topic is built around three problems, which ar…

15 min read 16 Oct 2026

Protection of Geographical Indications

The law of geographical indications (GI) is the branch of intellectual property that protects names which tell the buyer where a product comes from. Three short disputes show the kind of questions it answers. They are solved at the end of these notes.

19 min read 16 Oct 2026

Theories of IPR

A creative work, such as a tune, is not lost to its creator when someone else uses it. The basic question behind the theories of IPR is therefore: why should the law treat such a creation as property at all?

9 min read 16 Oct 2026

IPR: Meaning and Concept

Concept of Intellectual Property Rights ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (0:00) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) deal with the "invisible layers" of ownership that exist in everyday objects. An object may feel like one simple thing that its buyer fully owns, but in the eyes of the law it can carr…

11 min read 16 Oct 2026

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